A-B Tech to return fees donated for tax campaign in Asheville area

Money given to aid sales tax campaign

10:09 PM,
Nov. 1, 2011

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Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College said Tuesday it would return $10,000 in student fees that had been contributed to a political action committee pushing for a sales tax increase to benefit the school.

A-B Tech's announcement Tuesday night followed questions over whether the contribution contradicted promises by the college that only private donations would be spent on the effort.

The school's Student Government Association - funded entirely through student fees - gave the money to the political action committee Join Our Buncombe Solutions, according to the ...